Current Events that Relate to History
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ExplainerPete Hegseth’s Tattoos and the Crusading Obsession of the Far Right
The symbols sported by Trump’s defense pick show how the medieval past is being reimagined by Christian nationalists, behind a shield of plausible deniability.New Lines Magazine -
DiscoveryThe Earliest Known ‘Country’ Recording Has Been Found. The Singer? A Black Man.
A new release of an 1891 song by Louis Vasnier deepens what we know about the genre’s origins.Washington Post -
CommentTrump’s Neo-Fusionism
Using Murray Rothbard vs. Sam Francis to understand the next administration.Unpopular Front -
BiographyThe Queen of Cookbooks
You’ve got one unsung editor to thank for many of your all-time favorite recipes.Slate -
Book ReviewThe Midnight World
Glenn Fleishman’s history of the comic strip as a technological artifact vividly restores the world of newspaper printing—gamboge, Zip-A-Tone, flongs, and all.New York Review of Books -
Book ReviewScratching the Surface
How geology shaped American culture.The Chronicle of Higher Education -
exhibitAmerican Foodways
This exhibit explores the history of the ways Americans eat, from the influences on our cooking to the regional specificities of our meals to the ways we celebrate around family tables.
From the HNN Archive
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Letting the World Scream
In 1984, the U.S. rejected the International Court of Justice’s jurisdiction, revealing its tendency to ignore international rules it sees as unfavorable — even when it helped write them. -
Ohio’s Little-Known Fascist Member of Congress
How a local prosecutor protected white supremacists and went on to a career in Washington, DC. -
The Other Sherman’s March
How the younger brother of the famous general set out to destroy the scourge of monopoly power. -
Why Does American History Feel Like Ancient History to High School Students?
An argument for returning the recent past, and the history of modern conservatism, to classrooms. -
The Forebears of JD Vance and the New Right
Revisiting the Agrarian-Distributists and their fabrication of an American past. -
Regency Sex Ed
How did women in 19th-century Europe learn about the birds and the bees?